The Portland daily press., 1887-04-08
The crosby LIcense RIII.

AS bearing upon the question of the effect
OF the high license bill recently passed by
the New York Legislature the hearing be-
fore Gov. Hill on Monday was decidedly
significant. The bill is now in the govern.
or's hands, and it depends entirely upon him
whether it shall become law or not. Or
Monday several delegations from New YorI
city and Brooklyn went to Albany to argu,
before the Governor in favor of. and agains
the bill. The delegation that went there t.
argue against the bill was lead by b. L
Kearns, president of the New York Contra
Liquor Dealers Association; p. II. Rutter
president of the Brooklyn Central Liquor
Dealers Association; j. j. Ennis, f. w
Sheridan and Miles Gibbons of the State
Liquor Dealers Association; Charles A
Stadler, Charles j. Patterson, representing
the Brooklyn Liquor Dealers Association.
Liquor dealers from every section of the
State were also present.
The men who went there in favor Of the
bill were DR.. Howard Crosby, Bishop Doane,
Robert Graham, Horace Barnard, John B.
Pine, Charles Marshall, Colonel B. f. Wat
son, Morris X. Jesup, c. H. Manville, the
Rev. K. w. Donald and A. II. Smith, all of
New York.
pE II II this elI s YaS p9thng but trick on
frohlbltlonists and keep them quiet how
does u happen that the prominent officers of
tne principal liquor associations of New
York, attended by an impressive retinue of
rumsellers from all parts of the State. should
be at Albany beseeching Gov. Hill to veto
the measure? Certainly they never would
have gone to the expense and trouble of on
posing bill that amounted to nothing and
was not likely to injure their business. On
the contrary they would have been only too
glad to have such measure placed on the
statute book, inasmuch as it would tend sto
quiet public clamor without doing them any
harm.
Again. how does it happen If the Crosby
bill is nothing but a partisan Republican
measure without any potency that we find
among the list Of its supporters at the hear
ing number of distinguished Democrats.
among them Mr.. Frederick Coudert
dent OF the Young Mems Democ- resi-
Brooklyn? Surely theser 4Jtic Club of
unfairly assist the p len would not vol
tisan tricks, - -.epublicans to play par
shIewd nd they are certainly too
o. and intelligent to be deluded into
-oIng so.
No rational explanation of the conduct of
these two delegations is possible so long as it
is predicated that the Crosby bill is partisan
trick, and will accomplish nothing in the
way OF suppressing the saloons But on the
theory that the bill is measure such as its
author claims it to be, that it will reduce the
number OF rum shops in New York and
Brooklyn, the conduct of both the delepa-
tons is perfectly comprehensive. The
liquor delegation spoke against it and urged
the Governor to interfere because they feared
it would injure their business. The other
delegation spoke in its favor and asked the
Governor to sign it because they believed
that the measure would accomplish in some
degree needed reform.
As bearing still further on The question OF
the effect of this measure the following call
for grand mass meeting Of the East Side
Wine, Beer and Liquor Dealers Protective
Association of New York city to protest
against it may be Of interest;
Friends Engaged in our Honest Businessl Inc
time now shows how necessary II Is ior Us 10 JOIN